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DESCRIPTION:The City of Alexandria will observe the 35th Annual Days of Re
 membrance (Yom HaShoah) for the victims of the Holocaust.
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SUMMARY:Days of Remembrance 2024 on May 6\, 2024
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CATEGORIES:Adult
CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:City Council
CATEGORIES:City Council Calendar
CATEGORIES:City Hall
CATEGORIES:King Street
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
CATEGORIES:Recreation
CATEGORIES:Tourism
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57284\n\nThe commemoration will take place at noon 
 on Monday\, May 6\, in Market Square\, 301 King St.\n\nThe speaker for th
 is year's Days of Remembrance will be Dr. Alfred M?nzer\, a a recently re
 tired physician specializing in diseases of the lung who was Director of 
 the Pulmonary Medicine Department at Washington Adventist Hospital in Tak
 oma Park.\n\nDuring the ceremony\, Mayor Justin Wilson and members of Cit
 y Council will light a candelabrum that the late Holocaust survivor Charl
 ene Schiff and her husband\, Ed\, donated to the City. The 54-inch high\,
  solid brass candelabrum was donated in memory of Charlene Schiff's paren
 ts and sister\, and the six million Jews and millions of others who peris
 hed in the Holocaust. The Schiff candelabrum is also made available to sc
 hools and civic groups studying the Holocaust.\n\nThe U.S. Holocaust Memo
 rial Museum leads the nation in the weeklong Days of Remembrance commemor
 ation\, in accordance with Congressional mandate.\n\nInformation on antis
 emitism and hate crimes in the U.S. can be found on the websites of the S
 outhern Poverty Law Center (www.splcenter.org) and the ADL (www.adl.org).
  To learn more about the Holocaust\, go to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Mu
 seum's website at www.ushmm.org\, or visit the museum in person in Washin
 gton\, D.C.\n\nLocation: Market Square\, 301 King St.\nContact Person: Ch
 eryl Anne Colton\nContact Phone: 571.238.2443\nContact Email: cherylanne.
 colton@alexandriava.gov\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Adult\, Arts\
 , City Council\, City Council Calendar\, City Hall\, King Street\, Old & 
 Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\, Recreation\, Tourism\n\nImport this even
 t into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx
 ?id=1&si=57284\n\nWeb resources:\n\nRPCA Website\nhttps://www.alexandriav
 a.gov/Recreation\nFind out more about the Department of Recreation\, Park
 s & Cultural Activities (RPCA).\n\nRPCA Social Media\nhttps://www.alexand
 riava.gov/Recreation#ConnectwithUs\nFollow us on Instagram\, Facebook\, &
  Twitter!\n
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LOCATION:Market Square\, 301 King St.
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SUMMARY:Days of Remembrance 2024
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URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/Recreation
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57284">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57284</a><br />\n<br />The commem
 oration will take place at noon on Monday\, May 6\, in Market Square\, 30
 1 King St.\n<br />\n<br />The speaker for this year&#39\;s Days of Rememb
 rance will be Dr. Alfred M&#252\;nzer\, a a recently retired physician sp
 ecializing in diseases of the lung who was Director of the Pulmonary Medi
 cine Department at Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park.\n<br />\
 n<br />During the ceremony\, Mayor Justin Wilson and members of City Coun
 cil will light a candelabrum that the late Holocaust survivor Charlene Sc
 hiff and her husband\, Ed\, donated to the City. The 54-inch high\, solid
  brass candelabrum was donated in memory of Charlene Schiff?s parents and
  sister\, and the six million Jews and millions of others who perished in
  the Holocaust. The Schiff candelabrum is also made available to schools 
 and civic groups studying the Holocaust.\n<br />\n<br />The U.S. Holocaus
 t Memorial Museum leads the nation in the weeklong Days of Remembrance co
 mmemoration\, in accordance with Congressional mandate.\n<br />\n<br />In
 formation on antisemitism and hate crimes in the U.S. can be found on the
  websites of the Southern Poverty Law Center (www.splcenter.org) and the 
 ADL (www.adl.org). To learn more about the Holocaust\, go to the U.S. Hol
 ocaust Memorial Museum?s website at www.ushmm.org\, or visit the museum i
 n person in Washington\, D.C.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Market Square\, 30
 1 King St.\n<br />Contact Person: Cheryl Anne Colton\n<br />Contact Phone
 : 571.238.2443\n<br />Contact Email: cherylanne.colton@alexandriava.gov\n
 <br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Adult\, Arts\, City Counci
 l\, City Council Calendar\, City Hall\, King Street\, Old &amp\; Historic
  Alexandria\, Old Town\, Recreation\, Tourism\n<br />\n<br />Import this 
 event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.
 aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57284<br>\n<a href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/Recrea
 tion">RPCA Website</a><br>\nFind out more about the Department of Recreat
 ion\, Parks &amp\; Cultural Activities (RPCA).<br>\n<a href="https://www.
 alexandriava.gov/Recreation#ConnectwithUs">RPCA Social Media</a><br>\nFol
 low us on Instagram\, Facebook\, &amp\; Twitter!<br>\n
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